Dancing Around Infertility: The Use of Metaphors in a Complex Medical Situation

Dancing Around Infertility: The Use of Metaphors in a Complex Medical Situation

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Main Author: Palmer-Wackerly, Angela Lynn
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2012
Subjects:
Communication
infertility
metaphors
self-determination theory
well-being
complex medical situations
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339618848
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13396188482021-08-03T06:05:34Z Dancing Around Infertility: The Use of Metaphors in a Complex Medical Situation Palmer-Wackerly, Angela Lynn Communication infertility metaphors self-determination theory well-being complex medical situations Metaphors play an important role in how people understand and come to terms with illness on multiple levels. For patients, metaphors provide a framework for making sense of an illness. Understanding metaphors can help improve communication in relationships when medical issues are complex, such as infertility. A diagnosis of infertility may be devastating to individuals, and communication has been found to be a key factor in the infertility experience. Guided by self-determination theory, the current study examined the metaphorical language used by individuals experiencing infertility to describe their need for well-being in a complex medical situation. Fourteen prominent themes were identified to explain the ways individuals framed their experience as well as explained their experience to others. These metaphorical themes were organized to understand how participants’ need for competence, autonomy, and relatedness were (and were not) met during their infertility experience. Results suggest that particular metaphors frame the infertility experience and that understanding these metaphors can help illuminate the ways in which needs for well-being are both met and not met in this complex medical situation. Sugg 2012-07-19 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339618848 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339618848 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Communication
infertility
metaphors
self-determination theory
well-being
complex medical situations
spellingShingle Communication
infertility
metaphors
self-determination theory
well-being
complex medical situations
Palmer-Wackerly, Angela Lynn
Dancing Around Infertility: The Use of Metaphors in a Complex Medical Situation
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